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Chart-topping Blur drummer Dave Rowntree hopes to be number one again tonight - in a by-election for a seat on Westminster City Council in London. He is favourite to triumph for Labour in its Church Street ward stronghold and will next launch a bold bid to oust the Tory MP for the area. It is the 44-year-old's second foray into local politics, after being soundly beaten into third place in another Westminster ward last year. But Mr Rowntree, an animator who is also training to become a barrister, could find himself on an immediate collision course with Government policy. He has previously argued against the prosecution of individuals who illegally download music files from the internet. But ministers today welcomed such a clampdown by the music industry and internet service providers. Mr Rowntree - whose full name appears on... [read full story]
